Beibingyang, also known as Arctic Ocean, is firm in the memories of generations of Beijingers.
北冰洋,又称北冰洋,在一代又一代北京人的记忆中根深蒂固。
We are glad to see that there is increasing demand for healthy and nutritious seafood, and what is more exciting is that apart from Norwegian salmon, which is already popular among Chinese consumers, people also favor other seafood choices, such as mackerel and Arctic cod.
我们很高兴看到,人们对健康营养的海鲜的需求越来越大,更令人兴奋的是,除了挪威三文鱼已经在中国消费者中很受欢迎之外,人们还喜欢其他海鲜选择,如鲭鱼和北极鳕鱼。
Wison's feat shows China's prowess in high-end engineering productsShanghai-based Wison Offshore and Marine Ltd, a subsidiary of privately owned Chinese conglomerate Wison Group, shipped the first two of four giant industrial modules for the Arctic LNG 2 project of Novatek, the largest independent natural gas producer of Russia, on Thursday.
The modules dispatched from Zhoushan will arrive at Russia's Arctic port city of Murmansk after 25 days.
To enable Novatek to exploit the LNG reserves in Arctic areas, WOM selected project materials that match construction quality standards for operating normally in extreme cold weather, he said.
More than half of its territory is located beyond the Arctic Circle.
The LNG will be sourced from Arctic LNG 2, a new project in Russia, and will come online around mid-2023 at the earliest.
"Our LNG commercial strategy is to diversify our client base and target end consumers in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region and the LNG volumes produced from our Arctic LNG 2 project are core to our long-term objective of delivering affordable, secure and sustainable natural gas for many decades," Mikhelson said.
Partners in the LNG project are Novatek with 60 percent of interests and Total, China National Petroleum Corp, China National Offshore Oil Corp and Japan Arctic LNG, each with 10 percent stakes.
With a view to smart and green manufacturing, the two sides will initiate study of technical regulations of high-end marine equipment like large-scale liquefied natural gas vessels, arctic navigation vessels, new energy vessels and aquafarms.
Iceland is located in the middle of the North Atlantic, close to the Arctic Circle.
She took a sabbatical from work in 2014 and had many adventures, including living in an ice hotel and waiting for the northern lights alone in the Arctic Circle area in Sweden.
CNPC has also signed an agreement with Novatek, Russia's top independent gas producer, in April, to buy a 10-percent stake in its new liquefied natural gas project, Arctic LNG 2, to increase gas supply in the country.
The Yamal liquefied natural gas project in the Arctic region of Russia, a joint venture of PetroChina and Novatek, Russia's independent natural gas producer, also foresees much of its output being supplied to China and other Asian countries after its completion by the end of this year.
"It's worth mentioning that COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers made its maiden voyage to the Arctic in a Chinese commercial vessel in 2013," Weng said.
"So far, we've completed 22 voyages to the Arctic and one to the Antarctic, which means COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers is the only shipping company to have experience sailing in the areas surrounding both the South Pole and North Pole.
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's largest oil and gas company, on Thursday signed agreements with Russia's top independent gas producer, Novatek, to buy a 10 percent stake in its new liquefied natural gas project, Arctic LNG 2.
"Arctic LNG 2 will be a game changer in the global gas market," he said.
It is also the longest suspension bridge in the Arctic Circle region, located 220 km from the circumference.
Rovaniemi, located in Finland's Arctic Circle region, is getting an economic boost from Chinese visitors arriving from Helsinki on Finnair flights.
Rovaniemi, in Finland's Arctic Circle in Lapland, is getting a tourism boost from Chinese visitors arriving from Helsinki on Finnair flights.
Considered to be a "highly socioeconomically profitable" project, the Halogaland Bridge is located in the High North, 300 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, and crosses a fjord by the city of Narvik in northern Norway.
The access of Alipay has increased rapidly in the Nordic, with a global off-line shopping festival was launched in the Arctic city of Rovaniemi last year, and the first on-board Alipay was activated on Finnair flights early this year.
China and Russia have strengthened their oil and gas cooperation in recent years, including the Yamal liquified natural gas project in the Arctic region of Russia, the world's first integrated project for polar natural gas exploration, development, liquefaction and transportation.
Last year, Alipay was first introduced to Finland and the business was highlighted by a launching ceremony of the Single's Day global online shopping festival in Rovaniemi, an arctic tourist destination in northern Finland.
Citing China National Petroleum Corporation's 2013 acquisition of a 20 percent stake in the Yamal LNG project located in the Arctic region of Russia and Sinopec's purchase of a 10 percent share in Russia's largest gas processing and petrochemicals company Sibur, Li said China was already active in Russia's Far East regional development.
According to Li Li, energy research director at ICIS China, a consulting company that provides analysis of China's energy market, China and Russia have forged a variety of oil and gas ventures and investments in recent years, including the Yamal LNG project located in the Arctic region of Russia and Sinopec's purchase of a 10 percent share in Sibur, Russia's largest gas processing and petrochemicals company.
The Yamal LNG project, lying in the Arctic region of Russia, was the world's first integrated project for polar natural gas exploration, development, liquefaction and transportation.
"We noted a strong interest among many Chinese businesses and consumers in Norwegian seafood products such as salmon, Arctic cod, cold-water prawns, red king crab and etc," he said.
Besides salmon, Norway exported significant quantities of Arctic cod, mackerel, and shellfish, among other seafood products, to China.
Sinopec Green Energy Geothermal Development Co Ltd, the geothermal heating arm of Sinopec, has formed a joint venture with Icelandic partner Arctic Green Energy, and it vows to grow its business by 25 percent annually for the next few years, given the increasing demand for clean heating.
In the past decade, China has achieved breakthroughs in manufacturing key equipment with cutting-edge technologies: the narrow-body passenger plane C919 made test flights, manned submersible Jiaolong was sent on multiple deep-sea operations; icebreaker Xuelong 2 set off on Arctic expeditions; Hualong One nuclear reactor began commercial operations and was sold overseas.
China's privately controlled ENN Group and Zhejiang Energy Group CP Ltd recently agreed to secure gas imports from Russian energy company Novatek through long-term agreements on the supply of liquefied natural gas from the Arctic LNG 2 project.
Arctic LNG 2 is Novatek's second LNG project, which includes the construction of three LNG liquefaction trains of 6.6 million metric tons per year each for a total LNG capacity of 19.8 million tons, and cumulative gas condensate production capacity of 1.6 million tons annually, Novatek said.
CNPC has also signed an agreement with Novatek, Russia's top independent gas producer, in April, to buy a 10 percent stake in its new liquefied natural gas project, Arctic LNG 2, to increase gas supply in the country.
The agreement, which aims to sell LNG produced by Novatek in the Arctic, was signed following talks in Moscow between Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President, Xi Jinping.
With the second line of the China-Russia oil pipeline entering commercial operation in January last year, four Russian VVER-1200 nuclear reactors to be built and more imports of liquefied natural gas from the Yamal project in Russia's resource-rich Arctic region, the two sides are expected to set record highs in bilateral economic trade this year.
China National Petroleum Corp, the country's biggest oil and gas company, told China Daily earlier that it signed an agreement with Novatek, Russia's top independent gas producer, in April to buy a 10 percent stake in its new liquefied natural gas project, Arctic LNG 2.
China National Offshore Oil Corp, the nation's largest producer of offshore oil and gas, has also purchased a 10 percent interest in the Arctic LNG 2 project, the second-largest onshore conventional natural gas project led by Novatek.
Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson said China represents one of the key markets for its LNG, and Arctic LNG 2 will be a game changer in the global gas market.
The company inked an agreement with Russia's top independent gas producer Novatek on April 25 to buy a 10 percent stake in its new liquefied natural gas project, Arctic LNG 2.
"Arctic LNG 2 will be a game changer in the global gas market.
"China National Offshore Oil Corp, the nation's largest producer of offshore oil and gas, has also purchased a 10 percent interest of the Arctic LNG 2 project, the second largest onshore conventional natural gas project led by Novatek.
The glacier-rich nation, part of which lies in the fast-warming Arctic Circle, also plans to make sure all new passenger cars and light-goods vehicles sold by 2025 are zero emissions.
The Manila-based bank said the loans, with a total of $250 million, will be obtained by Arctic Green Energy Corporation (AGE) from Iceland and Sinopec Green Energy Geothermal Company Limited (SGE) from China.